Hand-truck extension frame



Aug. 13, 1929. E BEARD 1,724,171

HAND TRUCK EXTENSION FRAME Filed July 14. 1928 Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES 'Manni ELMEiR BEARD, 0F NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

HAND-TRUCK EXTENSION Application filed July 14,

This invention relates to an attachment for a` hand truck, the same beingin the form of a frame and serving as an extension `for a nose plate, such as is ordinarily employed on trucks of this character.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an extension frame, which When associated With the nose of the truck, Will. permit the truck to better fulfill the requirements of a device of this class by permittingr a comparatively heavy load to be t ansported thereon in Well balanced style.

The attachment is so made as to permit it to be detachably mounted on a hand transporting truck of the type en'ibodying a transverse or cross brace. The details are arranged to permit the attachment to be readily applied and removed, to be held in place by the foremost cross brace and the existing load supportingnose.

In the drawings Figure l is a fragmentary side elevational view of an ordinary hand truck equipped with an attachment construct-ed in accordance With the present invent-ion.

Fig. 2 is an elevational vievv o'f the attachnient per se.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional and elevational view emphasizing certain ot the details of the attachment.

Considering t-he drawings new by roterence numerals, it will be observed that 4t designates an ordinary portable hand truck such as is employed for transporting barrels, boxes, bundles, bales, and the like.

The truck embodies the customary longitudinal side rails 5 and cross braces, one ot which is designated in dotted lines at 6. ln

addition, the truck has the customary small front Wheels 7 and a. suitably constructed load supporting` nose 8.

The attachment is generally designated by the numeral 9 and as before intimated is in the form of a frame. It includes vertical side bars 10, connected by a cross piece l1 at the top and by a cleat'l2 at the bottom. Be-

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tween the parts 1l and 12, is a suitable backing member 13. llt is to be observed that the lower ends oitl the bars l0 extend beyond the cleats 12 and beyond an anale bar la which is mounted on this cleat. incidentally, this angle bar provides a keeper which removably receives the outer end of the nose piece or plate 8, as shown in Fig. l.

llVit-h this arralogement7 it is obvious that f that the extension 'traine is placed in an inclined position as shown in Fig. l, in which the lower ends oi" the side bars il), abut the toreinost cross brace G, While the outer end oi the plate 8 extends into the keeper formed by the angle bar la. rlhis extension permits the load to be piled., so that a single person can carry anywhere from seven to cip-ht hundred pounds,

The attachment is readiiy placed in posiA tion or removed, and is sturdy, held tirinly in place, and is such as to balance the load in a. desirable manner to relieve the operator of undue strain and eilort.

The simplicity oi: the invention such as to obviate the necessity et a more detailed description. Minor changes in shape, eine, and materials, coming,T within the tieid oit invention claimed 1may be resorted to it desired.

ii-lavingI thus described my invention, what l claim new is is a new product ot nninulactnre, an at tachment 'tor a hand truck et the class cescribed comprising a trame including: longitudinal side bars, a cross piece connecting; the bars together at one end, a cross cleat connecting the intermediate portions et the bars together, the bars at one end efdenn'liugi beyond said cleat tor abutting; rele i with a cross brace on the truck, and. an angle bar carried by said cleat and 'functnuiing as a keeper for cooperation with the nose plate on said truclr.

ln testimony Whereoil li alibi my signature.

ELMlillt BEARD 

